Payment Control Analyst (AVP) Financial Services

London, United Kingdom Posted on 27/07/2026

• City London
• Province City of London
• Country United Kingdom
• Postal Code EC1A

Contract Role: Payment Control Analyst(AVP)

Contract Location: London,Glasgow or Northampton office based 2-3 days per week, the rest remote

Contract Start: ASAP

Contract Duration:Full time role (Monday to Friday) 6 months initially (inside IR35)

DeloitteOperations are seeking a Payment Control Analyst(AVP). You will Execute and provide senior support in thepayment control activities within the Payment Control Gateway (PCG), ensuringeffective review, validation and risk-based decisioning on payments prior torelease, while maintaining strong control discipline and operational oversight.

Ensuring that allactivities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatoryrequirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and our clientsinternal Policies and Policy Standards.

KeyAccountabilities

• Provide support to the PaymentControl Analyst and run daily payment control processingactivities
  
• Review and challenge decisions on paymentrelease, hold or escalation
  
• Ensure payments are validated against tradedata, confirmations and SSI
  
• Act as first point of escalation for high-riskor complex payment scenarios
  
• Ensure adherence to control procedures, limitsof authority and audit requirements
  
• Drive root cause analysis on exceptions,breaches and near misses
  
• Identify themes and trends in false positivesand control gaps
  
• Partner with Technology and SMEs to refine rulesand improve detection accuracy
  
• Oversee production of MI on volumes, outcomesand control performance
  
• Coach and develop analysts to ensure consistentquality and decisioning
  
• Collaborate with Operations, Technology andFront Office stakeholders to resolve complex scenarios, verifying if they canindependently - but if there's any doubt/queries they should relentlesslyinterrogate the data and get direct answers from the services as to therationale/process for the payment
  

Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Strong experience in Global Markets Operationsor payments processing environment
  
• Good understanding of payment flows, settlementlifecycle and control points
  
• Experience managing or supervising operationalteams
  
• Ability to assess transaction risk and makestructured decisions
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in payment controls, transactionmonitoring or risk/control environments
  
• Knowledge of FX, Derivatives, Collateral orFinancing products
  
• Experience working with rule-based or AI-drivendetection models
  
• Strong stakeholder management with Operationsand Technology
  
• Experiencedriving process improvement and operational optimisation